H.R. 586: Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act
Sponsor
Nick LaLota
Republican · NY-1
What H.R. 586 does
H.R. 586, the Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act, would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to study how common cholangiocarcinoma, or bile duct cancer, is among veterans who served in the Vietnam theater during the Vietnam era. The study would compare the rate in those veterans with the rate among U.S. residents.
The Department would also track the cancer using the Veterans Affairs Central Cancer Registry and send Congress follow-up reports on the study and the registry data.
How the House voted
Passed · April 7, 2025On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H R 586 Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act · Roll no. 89 · Official record
HR586 Legislative Journey
Committee Action
Apr 8, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
House: Vote: 411-0
Apr 7, 2025
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 - 0 (Roll no. 89). (text: CR H1435-1436)
House: Committee Action
Feb 25, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
House: Committee Action
Jan 21, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
About the Sponsor
Nick LaLota
Republican, New York's 1st congressional district · 3 years in Congress
Committees: Appropriations, Homeland Security
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Cosponsors (8)
This bill has 8 cosponsors: 5 Democrats, 3 Republicans, reflecting bipartisan support. Cosponsors represent 6 states: Arizona, North Carolina, New Jersey, and 3 more.
Committee Sponsors
Veterans' Affairs Committee
0 of 19 committee members cosponsored
No committee members have cosponsored this bill
Veterans' Affairs Committee
1 of 25 committee members cosponsored
23 Republicans across these committees haven't cosponsored yet. Mobilize their constituents
H.R. 586 Quick Facts
- Committee
- Veterans' Affairs
- Chamber
- House
- Policy
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Introduced
- Jan 21, 2025
Passed the House, received in Senate
Apr 8, 2025
H.R. 586 Bill Text
“To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to study and report on the prevalence of cholangiocarcinoma in veterans who served in the Vietnam theater of operations during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.”
Source: U.S. Government Publishing Office
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